16 Bible Verses about Understanding God's Word

Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands.

I [am] your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes.

Uncover my eyes, that I may look at wonderful things from your law.

Make me understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful things.

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with [my] whole heart.

Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word.

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

All of the people went to eat, to drink, to send a share, and to have great joy because they understood the words that they had made known to them.

And [when] the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them,

And you, son of man, prepare for yourself [the] baggage of an exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you must go into exile from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see that they [are] a house of rebellion.

{And then} when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and I was seeking understanding, there was [one] standing before me with [the] appearance of a man.

And he said to me, "You must not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself {before} your God, your words were heard, and I [myself] have come because of your words.

And I heard [the] voice of a human at [the] Ulai, and he called and said, "Gabriel, [make] this [man] understand the vision."

but just as it is written, "[Those] to whom [it was] not announced concerning him will see, and [those] who have not heard will understand."

that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth,

so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,